WHY FEMINISTS SUPPORT THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF SEX WORK

Feminism means that, regardless of gender identification, people should be treated equally. There is nothing feminist about policing the sexual choices of consenting adults of any gender. Feminists have fought and continue to fight for bodily autonomy and access to birth control, medically accurate information, and safe and legal abortion. These crucial rights protect the …

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The Fourth Wave of Feminism

We work with governments, communities, and local leaders to deliver safe, modern reproductive healthcare services to women no matter where they are. Because choice is meaningless without access. Read more

Our Bodies, Ourselves

Our Bodies Ourselves Today’s online platform enables the unique contributions, approaches, and functions of the groundbreaking book Our Bodies, Ourselves to live on while adding new features and connecting with new audiences across the globe. Our work is entirely in service of the public good, and we do not take advertising dollars. Read more

The Second Sex

Revolutionary and incendiary, The Second Sex is one of the earliest attempts to confront human history from a feminist perspective. It won de Beauvoir many admirers and just as many detractors. Today, many regard this massive and meticulously researched masterwork as not only as pillar of feminist thought but of twentieth-century philosophy in general. Read more

Meaning of Life and Why It Matters

Philosophical models of human motivation tend to fall into two categories. Egoistic models conceive of human beings as moved and guided exclusively by what they take to be in their own self-interest. Dualistic models hold that people are capable of being moved not only by self-interest but by something “higher” as well. Thus, Kant, for …

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Melding of Humanities, Sciences

Like Raymond Carver’s blind man in “Cathedral,” the entomologist Edward O. Wilson inspires readers to regard the world through an entirely uncommon lens, never more so than in his latest book, “The Origins of Creativity.” Wilson also said “The successful scientist follows the opposite of the military dictum — that is, to march to the …

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American Exceptionalism: From a political theory to an article of faith

American exceptionalism” has become one of the most frequently heard terms in conservative political argument in the United States. That one might not “believe in” American exceptionalism has correspondingly become a serious accusation—so much so that many liberal politicians (President Obama among them) have felt a need to profess their faith in the notion as …

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Endogenous Technological Change

This is Paul Romer’s paper which earned him the 2018 Nobel Prize in economics. In Paul’s model, “growth is driven by technological change that arises from intentional investment decisions made by profit-maximizing agents. The distinguishing feature of the technology as an input is that it is neither a conventional good nor a public good; it …

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Why Political Freedom and Prosperity Go Hand in Hand

Why Political Freedom and Prosperity Go Hand in Hand Socialism’s disastrous history shows us that political and economic freedom is the foundation for enduringly successful nations.  Note: This is Hoover Institution’s Human Prosperity Project. Watch the Video